Yep. Mozilla and Microsoft are copying Maxthon. We started the lightweight/spartan browser trend. In March of 2014 we kicked off a project to create a *very* lightweight browser with minimal feature set and SUPER performance. We knew that if we simplified the UX load and all of the processes that needed to exist to support skins, plug-ins and tons of other features we could make the core speed faster. In a March 21, 2014 email one of our engineers summarized the concept of Nitro to me this way, “It will not be feature rich, in fact, I would go as far as it is “bare” minimum. What it lacks in feature set size will be made up for in:

start-up speed
fetching
rendering speed and stability.”

This is an important distinction to remember. To reap gains in start-up time, page fetching and rendering and stability something had to give. And that something was a large list of features and tools. Things like the screenshot utility, split-screen, cloud services and add ons. All of these come with a significant performance and stability hit. But, we were OK with it — as we knew from looking at our detailed user data pool that *most* web browser users do NOT use most of the features. We mention this now because as the more traditional Maxthon users discover Nitro, the more they are asking for the favorite features to be added. You can’t have all of that super speed without sacrificing some of your favorite features. (Even Chrome acknowledges that limitation.) Here’s a very short side-by-side to help you decide which version of our PC browsers to use and why…

If you want…

Maxthon Nitro

Maxthon 4 Cloud Browser

Fastest start-up time

X

Fastest page rendering

X

Smartest caching and pre-fetching

X

Minimalist UX

X

Cross Platform Cloud Services

X

Add-ons/Plug-ins

X

Screenshot capture

X

Mx Notes

X

Bottom line, if you’re the sort of browser consumer who likes to customize, tinker and use a combination of skins and add-ons, Nitro was not made for you. You should stick to Maxthon 4 — our Cloud Browser. It’s feature rich, cross-platform and still incredibly fast. BUT – if you’re a more minimalist browser user you should give Nitro a try. It’s so clean and fast you sometimes forget you’re browsing the web. It feels almost like you’re looking at locally-hosted webpages. Having said that, you can bet that, as we have before ,we are now looking at Nitro and seeing which of our most popular features we may be able to add back to Nitro without sacrificing any of its speed.

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extehions
addblock
no youtube downloader
no mht and maff
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other refresh page (f5) – page starts in up
no smooth scrolling
eats a lot of memory for a minimalist browser
other close tab need to move to the previous tab
liked the design

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Now I understood the difference between the two browsers. We will have two distinct is this? One for advanced users and another for the more simple? I am satisfied with the Maxthon Nitro. The boot is very fast, the fluidity and the performance are great. And has a good design too. But I ask you to include some basic services such as a password manager, and the Maxthon Downloader. Very good browser.

The Nitro is being a good browser, in this post I understood why he was so basic, in this case I have the need to use the two versions of the program, the design is beautiful, has fluidity, initializes faster than all the others, etc. We are only waiting a few basic functions that it may have, as a private mode, password manager, etc. Thank you for the space friends.

Thank you for your attention and we are glad that you like Maxthon browser.
You can customize your Maxthon browser in settings by youself.
If you have any suggestion or problem when using, please feel free to contact our engineers via help@maxthon.net
Besides, if you have interested in Maxthon鈥檚 other product, welcome you to join our official forum by http://forum.maxthon.com , where there will be many Maxer and Maxthon staffs sharing and communicating with each other!
Have a nice day!

Thank you for your attention and we are glad that you like Maxthon browser.
We apologize to you that we stopped updating and supporting Nitro for long. Do you want to try our other version?
Version 4.4.8.1000 is very stable and supports much more features than Nitro, do you want to have a try?
Here is the link for you:
Please serve yourself

If you still have any questions with Maxthon, please feel free to contact us, we will reply you shortly.
Besides, if you have interested in Maxthon鈥檚 other product, welcome you to join our official forum by http://forum.maxthon.com , where there will be many Maxer and Maxthon staffs sharing and communicating with each other!
Have a nice day!